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April 2017 Newsletter BusinessesNewsletterSchools

April 2017 Newsletter

The "standard schools"; a short Metamora quiz; bottles from the "Bottling Company Metamora Ill"; Whisler's…
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History of Black Partridge, Worth Township, Woodford County, Illinois, the settlement that later became known…
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Metamora's boarding houses: the Metamora House, Carpenter House, and American House
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Germantown Hills schools before the 1960s.
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"The Real Lincoln Highway: The Forgotten Circuit Markers" by Guy C. Fraker.
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The Engel family (who settled just west and south of Metamora) and their history; a…
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Schertz family farming portrait around 1909 on Illinois Route 116; a purported 1923 teaching contract,…
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1940s aerial views of St. Mary's and the north side of the square; the Wiltz…
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Names for the Lincoln Tap bowling team and 1920 Metamora Grade School violin class; Santa…
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Civil War letter from Underground Railroad conductor's wife Nancy Dutton to her son Harvey, whose…
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